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Early Closing

Kage Baker, who wisely never kept any daily log whatsoever, could simply set aside her literary tasks when illness or ennui attacked. She actually did write nearly every day – but she didn’t consider it something she had to do, … Continue reading

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On The Fringes

Kage Baker was perpetually interested in a number of paranormal phenomena. They weren’t usually topics she researched for stories – she liked to deal with more firmly founded ideas for story sources – but some of the fuzzier, flakier and … Continue reading

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Ah, the Wonders of Science!

Kage Baker was a great fan of the wonders of science. She loved seeing what new techno toys were up and coming, what labour-saving devices were being developed. And she was just as entertained when modern science failed. I think … Continue reading

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Once …

Kage Baker did not believe in Once upon a time. If it happened once, it will happen again, was her reasoning. The motion of the Universe is repetition and reiteration. Whether you think that motion is an endless expansion and … Continue reading

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A Brief Observation of My Personal Nuclear Winter

Kage Baker was born June 10, 1952. She died January 30, 2010.  That’s nearly 5 years ago. She was a primarily visual person, and always pictured her own moods, thoughts and feelings as landscapes. Then she translated them into words. … Continue reading

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Sunday In The Void

Kage Baker: my perpetual lead-in, topic and inspiration, but not one that leads automatically or easily into many areas. She doesn’t guide one instantly into something like  Oxygen: Why It’s Still Poisonous! Or  How Do New Islands In Indonesia Affect … Continue reading

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The Aether Is Thin Today

Kage Baker never did entirely trust the Internet – or any other highly complicated and “advanced” system. She figured, the more bells and whistles a program had, the more it was designed to do, the wider its range of effectiveness … Continue reading

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Red Tape Doesn’t Hold Anything Together

Kage Baker  faced all the wretched details of her mortal illness with extraordinary courage and grace. She didn’t cry or whine, she remained polite to nurses and technicians, and she always tried to treat her caregivers with courtesy.  She said … Continue reading

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Searching For Content

Kage Baker usually affords me a blog topic with no difficulty whatsoever. Our life was so entertaining (at least for us) and her mind so wide-ranging and fertile, that it’s been easy to keep riffing on it through nearly 5 … Continue reading

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Candy In The Twilight Zone

Kage Baker hated change. Not all change, of course – though she at least resented most of it. Change that affected her personally was what she always regarded with a leery eye; she expected the worst of it, and was … Continue reading

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